Last weekend marked the Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity, otherwise known as Trinity Sunday, where we proclaim the greatest mystery of our faith, our belief in the triune God: the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Unlike other celebrations throughout the year, Trinity Sunday centres on a doctrine (or teaching) of the church, rather than a specific event. It honours the most fundamental of Christian beliefs, and one that the human mind could never fully comprehend, that God is three persons in one nature. Beginning to understand this teaching is one that can only be achieved through the intercession of the Holy Spirit within us. It is fitting, therefore, that this mystery is celebrated on the first Sunday after Pentecost, when the outpouring of the Holy Spirit First occurred. 

Last Tuesday evening, the College P&F met for the Term 2 P&F Meeting in the College library. In reviewing the year to date and discussing our upcoming events this year, the P&F generously agreed to support a funding request from our music department to purchase equipment for our College masses, assemblies and other gatherings. On behalf of the College, I thank the parents who were in attendance last week and again invite all parents to our Term 3 meeting which will be held on Tuesday 13th August here at the College. 

Over the last couple of weeks, schools across the Diocese have been participating in the Tell Them From Me survey process in order to seek feedback from their parent, staff and student bodies. I take the opportunity this week to thank the parents that contributed to the survey and look forward to analysing these results in the coming weeks as a means of building on all the good that is happening at Magdalene, and considering our key strategic objectives in the months and years ahead. 

All parents and carers of our current Year 10 cohort are invited to the College this coming Monday evening (3 June) for the Year 11 2025 Information Evening. This event marks the official launch of the 2026 HSC Subject Selection Process and a number of key school personnel, including our Leaders of Learning, will be on hand to present to our families and to meet with parents afterwards. The night commences at 6pm and we look forward to seeing you all there. 

As a number of families would be aware, we had a number of students depart the College for their Duke of Edinburgh expeditions this week. The images that we have seen returned back to the College have depicted a truly memorable experience for all students involved. The program is yet another example of one of the extracurricular activities that we offer to all our students and is only possible due to the generosity of our staff who are willing to lead such events. I thank Mr Dowdell as our DoE Coordinator, as well as Mrs Hayden, Mr Perini, Miss Cupillari, Miss Bagot and Mr Cimino for leading our two expeditions that departed during the week. 

Wishing you all the best for the week ahead, 

Mr Cloran

Principal